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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
Boooooo. It gets one star for inspiring WandaVision.
like - what it did to these characters was horrible and it sadly is the main reason we can't get a decent Wanda story without someone having to talk about what happened in house of m. But I liked the idea of the world she created where she gave people what they wanted and in most cases it was a cursed gift - without this ever having been her intention.
It's a Bendis story so thats a minus but I just really, really like the concept. Too sad that it's built on "mentally ill people are dangerous and women are defined by their children."
It's a Bendis story so thats a minus but I just really, really like the concept. Too sad that it's built on "mentally ill people are dangerous and women are defined by their children."
As someone whose Marvel knowledge doesn't extend much past the movies and a few youtube videos here and there, this was still very interesting, even if a little difficult to fully understand.
Good story, nice way to go about making a big change. Some really solid Spider-Man stuff in there.
You know one of my top pet peeves in comics, something that goes down in this book? When they reprint an entire fake newspaper or magazine page within the comic. This might make me sound like a total shit, but I came to read comics, not magazines, and especially not a magazine that's 100% fictional.
There's something weirdly OCD about me where I feel like I have to read every word on the page. It's gotten better over time, really. This was a big problem when I was young, though, because comics will do something like throw a guy out of a plane and have something like this going down the page:
No
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
you get the idea. And as a kid, I would read every single one of those No's. Why? Honestly, because I was insane? I don't actually have an honest answer for that. It just felt like something unfinished if I didn't read it.
As a minor psychological breakthrough, I did manage to skim the fake magazine pages in House of M. So congratulations to me and I hope that nobody put too much effort into them.
You know one of my top pet peeves in comics, something that goes down in this book? When they reprint an entire fake newspaper or magazine page within the comic. This might make me sound like a total shit, but I came to read comics, not magazines, and especially not a magazine that's 100% fictional.
There's something weirdly OCD about me where I feel like I have to read every word on the page. It's gotten better over time, really. This was a big problem when I was young, though, because comics will do something like throw a guy out of a plane and have something like this going down the page:
No
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
you get the idea. And as a kid, I would read every single one of those No's. Why? Honestly, because I was insane? I don't actually have an honest answer for that. It just felt like something unfinished if I didn't read it.
As a minor psychological breakthrough, I did manage to skim the fake magazine pages in House of M. So congratulations to me and I hope that nobody put too much effort into them.
Squandered potential. The idea of an alternate Marvel Universe in which mutants are culturally and socially superior to humans is no doubt explored in-depth in the limited series various tie-ins, but here, the differences of such a world are barely touched upon. The drama of having Wolverine being the only one who remembers the 'real' world is immediately undercut by the inclusion of a character who has the physic ability to jog all memories and just feels like a cheap work-around. Reading only the dedicated limited-series of a company-wide 'event' story line is perhaps a bit like watching a widescreen film in standard definition, but it should still be able to stand alone as enjoyable ride. House of M does not.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
House of M gets referenced all the time so I thought I better see what everybody was going on! I'm still new to comic books so these Event books can be a confusing, but I know who most of the characters are in this one (I only had to Google Simon Williams/Wonder Man!).
My Scarlett Witch knowledge comes from wikipedia, so I'm not sure too on the events that preceded this book (added to my list!) but her mind and snapped, making her powers unstable which is causing a lot of problems. She alters all of reality and our familiar heroes wake up in a universe in which they actually seem to be happy but mutants are the dominant species as the next step in evolution. Only Wolverine and an unnamed mutant girl with some kind of memory unlocking power remember the truth.
The tension in this book his high, the event definitely feel catastrophic, the stakes are high and the assemble cast is handled well. They have a united purpose while also trying to deal with the devastation of what has happened. I was excited to see Doctor Strange getting involved because I'd not seen him properly in comics before.
Awesome! Now I need to read what happens next!
My Scarlett Witch knowledge comes from wikipedia, so I'm not sure too on the events that preceded this book (added to my list!) but her mind and snapped, making her powers unstable which is causing a lot of problems. She alters all of reality and our familiar heroes wake up in a universe in which they actually seem to be happy but mutants are the dominant species as the next step in evolution. Only Wolverine and an unnamed mutant girl with some kind of memory unlocking power remember the truth.
The tension in this book his high, the event definitely feel catastrophic, the stakes are high and the assemble cast is handled well. They have a united purpose while also trying to deal with the devastation of what has happened. I was excited to see Doctor Strange getting involved because I'd not seen him properly in comics before.
Awesome! Now I need to read what happens next!
I have to say, I love this graphic novel. Watching Wanda go through so much and have a break from reality was simply amazing. The artwork is amazing and the story line forever changed the world for mutants.
Fun yet frustrating, and in turns exciting and dull.
Brian Michael Bendis has a gift for snappy scenes with characters quipping back and forth to one another, but this facility with fun conversation scenes (aided by Olivier Coipel's dynamic and sharp artwork) distracts the reader from his persistent and fundamental problems with plotting and pacing. In his previous work on books like Powers and Daredevil, Bendis was able to keep up the reader's interest by following the journey of one or two protagonists. As long as he nailed a few voices and wrote some great patter, you could easily overlook the fact that most of the stories ended in anti-climaxes (see especially Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?).
A plot-heavy superhero tent-pole story, on the other hand, requires a writer able to juggle a lot of characters and provide each of them with a distinctive voice, all the while keeping multiple plot lines moving. Bendis tries, but never meets the challenge. The alternate world he creates in House of M is driven by some fun ideas (what would happen if Magneto won his benevolent mutant dictatorship?), but ultimately, it feels paper thin. He provides a bombastic finale, gorgeously illustrated by Coipel, but, in the fashion typical of Marvel event books, the end is more concerned with setting up a new status quo that is only tangentially related to the central conflict of the story at hand.
Overall, a pleasant enough read, but one that disappoints upon closer examination.
Brian Michael Bendis has a gift for snappy scenes with characters quipping back and forth to one another, but this facility with fun conversation scenes (aided by Olivier Coipel's dynamic and sharp artwork) distracts the reader from his persistent and fundamental problems with plotting and pacing. In his previous work on books like Powers and Daredevil, Bendis was able to keep up the reader's interest by following the journey of one or two protagonists. As long as he nailed a few voices and wrote some great patter, you could easily overlook the fact that most of the stories ended in anti-climaxes (see especially Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?).
A plot-heavy superhero tent-pole story, on the other hand, requires a writer able to juggle a lot of characters and provide each of them with a distinctive voice, all the while keeping multiple plot lines moving. Bendis tries, but never meets the challenge. The alternate world he creates in House of M is driven by some fun ideas (what would happen if Magneto won his benevolent mutant dictatorship?), but ultimately, it feels paper thin. He provides a bombastic finale, gorgeously illustrated by Coipel, but, in the fashion typical of Marvel event books, the end is more concerned with setting up a new status quo that is only tangentially related to the central conflict of the story at hand.
Overall, a pleasant enough read, but one that disappoints upon closer examination.